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The Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 14, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 July 1981400,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 14, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
400,949 km249,138 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 14, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 9, 198102:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 17, 198104:39

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Tuesday, July 14, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 1981 to the new moon of July 31, 1981, a cycle of 29.37 days.